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Please check back regularly for information on upcoming workshops!
For more information on workshops contact Laura Massa, Director or Assessment, at Ext. 86130 or lmassa1@lmu.edu.
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Events
Please check back regularly for information on upcoming events!
If you would like a copy of a past presentation, please contact Laura Massa, Director of Assessment, at lmassa1@lmu.edu.
Excel for Assessment 101: Using Excel to Manage and Make Sense of Evidence of Student Learning
You've
collected the evidence of student learning. What's next? In Excel for
Assessment 101 participants learned how to transform scored rubrics, completed
surveys, exam responses, and more, into meaningful assessment data. They
were guided through the basics of using Microsoft Excel for data
management and analysis, and given the opportunity to work hands-on
with sample data.
Wednesday, October 21 from 3:30-4:30pm in the Faculty Innovation Center at the William H. Hannon Library.
Assessment Resource Showcase & Reception
Did
you know that LMU offers a variety of resources to support programs in
their efforts to understand and improve student learning?
The Assessment Resource Showcase and Reception highlighted the
resources available to programs at any stage in the assessment cycle.
Participants met the assessment staff, discovered online resources, learned about
opportunities for assessment funding, and more.
Wednesday, October 7
from 3:30 to 5:30 in the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE), with
brief presentations every half-hour.
Assessment Poster Session
The Assessment Poster Session is part of the 3rd annual Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Showcase Week. The innovative assessment plans developed by the
participants in the LMU Summer Assessment Workshop were presented. Participating
programs included: African American Studies, Animation, Art History,
Civil Engineering, Liberal Studies, Marketing, and Studio Arts.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 from 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm in University Hall, 3rd Floor, outside of Suite 3000.
How Do You Determine What Your Students are Learning? An Overview of Types of Assessment Measures
How will you determine if students in your program are achieving the learning outcomes? There are many different ways to measure student learning in your program. This workshop helped participants to make informed choices about the types of measures that would make sense in their program by providing an overview of different types of measures, including the pros and cons of each, and by presenting the properties of good measurement techniques.
Thursday, April 2, 2009 from 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm in The Center for Teaching Excellence (UH 3030).
Getting to Know Our First Year Lions: Results from the 2008 CIRP Freshman Survey
The CIRP Freshman Survey is one of the most comprehensive surveys of first-year college students in the nation. It provides us with a portrait of our entering class, highlighting their background, opinions, and expectations of college life. In short, it’s a snapshot into the lives of our unique and diverse first-year lions.
This presentation provided a summary of the 2008 CIRP Freshman Survey data.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 & Thursday, March 26, 2009 from 3:15pm - 4:15pm in The Center for Teaching Excellence (UH 3030).
Curriculum Mapping 101: Understanding the Path to Student Learning in Your Program
Curriculum maps are one of the simplest yet most essential tools in the process of understanding the factors that contribute to student learning in your program. This workshop helped to get participants started on their program’s curriculum map by providing a map template and approaches to completing it. Participants were also given time to begin a curriculum map for their program.
Attendees brought their program’s learning outcomes and curriculum. Curriculum mapping is more effective (and more fun) when worked on with a partner or a small committee. For this reason more than one person was encouraged to come from each program.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 from 12:15 pm to 1:15 pm in The Center for Teaching Excellence (UH 3030).
Improving Student Learning: An Introduction to Program Assessment
At
LMU the primary purpose of assessment is improving student learning.
This presentation showed the basic steps involved in using
assessment to meet this purpose for your program or major. Also
included in the presentation: an example of a program following the
steps introduced, helpful hints, and a chance to ask your assessment
questions.
Scoring Rubrics Made Simple
Is your department struggling to find meaningful and manageable ways of
assessing student learning? Have you thought of scoring rubrics but
didn’t know where to start?
Scoring Rubrics Made Simple
presented a step-by-step guide for how to create rubrics, discuss some of
the benefits of rubrics, and share ideas for how to use rubrics for the
assessment of learning outcomes in your program.
For more information on workshops, contact Laura Massa, Director or Assessment, at Ext. 86130 or lmassa1@lmu.edu.
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